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Pretentious
41 By(
g 444 NE of the most
warned on all h
scrupulous use o
Never has the i
and sometimes
crafty and darit
And the po%
by corrupt mea
and citizens of i
bility has never been farther reac
cent scandals have not only disc
'cality, but opened vistas ef :rapa<
-demoralization and so utter an aba
and duty among some members:0o
public confidence that we fairly s
And beyond this, throughout
toward the ruthless assertion an<
-of the sarong over the weak. -of m
and stimulated by the artful arra:
principles to scorn and sets up su
by whatever means achieved, as tl
.idol to be adored. 'It. is the work
This republic should smnd a
tions-a gentleman scorning the i
bulge with loaded six-shooters an
:and shirt front; a gentleman modi
rying justice, forbearance and co:
his hand rather than a chip on his
successful in its highest .mission
in battleships.
Avarice D
The Heart of the l
Loses RL Love ft
HE 'besetting:sin
wealth is not a'
.nature -or the ai
ever-increasing i
it invading the
Men cry out aga
behind it What
which.brazenly t
it.
It nay .not te your -fortune to
enter it, for it is not the Garden o:
tions many, and it has been said
country, too, public men must en
scurrilons abuse. while public offic
tion for .he able and honest. I dc
1 say that, almost any-other way i,
Every :age has its-evils. Our i
Let us not .shut our eyes. This ev
ism. The heart of the worshippe
for God 'or :country. With its har
ccncerned. I speak of its baneful
when it .succeeds in. debauching t
the enrichment of the unlawfully
Let -us not delude sourselves
public trust for money, 'by compa
sink into insignificance and lends
Do not think me unduly pessi1
our destruction is -at hand. But1
ward it off.
A~~7fter Sc
g.4+.eg+ Y :DEAR girl, if:3
-~ ing, go forth as
+ -+I help you; but if
~~:and :able to sup]
+ -+ behave yourself.
$4.4+<-><+.9% it with youth an
++<:t .ness, -and it isn't
ing too much, o
ed. You are lia1
more, just in -common every day li
The country is .full of mother:
toiling ove sewing machines thai
fine college, but that she may have
the class pin, and do as other girl:
It is always the same story.
comes home to diffuse light and:
pleasure. But,.,alas! how often is
head has been turned. .Nothing si
and revises the family pronuncia1
doesn't consider 'it worth .while to
father may have spent thousands<
won't even play him a ballad in
masters in elocution, but she wor
Many a man must have 'looked at
thought he got precious little for h
ter of common honesty and 'gratitu
and enthussarm on your .parents.
(New Dre4
HERE has zppea:
7A7 and exceedingly
~ suits. which rseen
L~J keenest regard.
velopmnent is rdes
Ref arence is
to the custom-of
provement of citi
he one merely of aspect. though 11
sideration. but it includes probler
,and site, these involving the gre
effectiveness of its public building
its business, and enlarged facilitie
The improvement has various
special emphasis on different pha
r-elief of congesaed street traffc: i:
park system: in Washington it is
beauty. In oue place the making<
citizens who have the interests of
secured at the expense of the bus
chamber of comme'rce. Again, it
Realist and Romanticist.
A recent interviewer of Dr. He
'Van Dyke discovered amoug his tr
ures a photograph of Rudyard Kip
upon which Kipling had written
odd aphorism: --As a matter of<
fact, the man who calls himself ar
ist is in the nature of things a libel
and unconvincing romanticist: wh
as the man who, admitting all
are liars, joyously sets out to w'
accordingly is the only real realis
Lis so because human nature is
trarious."
vow
? Greed Uses
Respectability
arl Schurz.
striking features of this period-so we are
ands-is the inordinate pursuit and the un
f wealth, and the worship of success as such.
ise of wealth in the promotion of selfish
iniguizous-ends been more unprincipled,
ver of wealth in subJugating to its schemes
is public authorities, political organizations
nfluential position and pretentious respecta
hing. Indeed, the revelations caused by re
losed startling instances of individual ras
Ity without bound and of so widespread a
:ence of the most elementary sense of honor
the highest class of business men claiming
tare with anazement.
the world. we observe a rushing tendency
I the rudez enforcement of arbitrary power
ight over right, and that tendency is upheld
of sarcastic sophistry which laughs moral
ccess as such, to whatever end devcted and
ie supreme goal to be striven for and as the
: of the -niversity to combat this tendency.
s the gc-ntlemaa par excellence among na
-ole of the swashbuckler whose hip pockets
d who :fiashes big diamonds on his fingers
st in the consciousness of strength and car
ciliation on his tongue and benevolence in I
shoulder. if this republic is to endure and b)
it .nnst put its trust rather in schools than i
estroying
)ur Patriotism '
orshipper of Mammon
r God or Country.... )
of Americans is avarice. Our mad rush for
i honest effort to increase the products of
-ails of human effort., but a hideous vice of
md insatiable -greed. Year by year we see
government ,rith ever-increasing audacity.
inst tainted money-that has its vile record
. we have to fear is money which taints,
empts men to sc.l1 their honor and then buys
enter public life. -I am not ativising you to
the Gods. -The prizes nre few. the e
that even :republics are ungrateful. In our
dure the bitterest detraction and the mest
:e affords no adequate pecuniary compensa
> not think that I exaggerate the casev
an easier road to the ea rs.
)artcula-r -evil, as I -have told you, is avarice.
'il menaces us. It is destroying our patriot
of Mlamman loses every sentiment of love
ful influence in private life. I am not now
effects 'upon -the institutions of our country,
he representatives of the :people's right for 3
privileged few.
with scphistr~y. 'The man -who betrays his5
rison, makes the crime of Benedict Arnold
a respectable hue even to piracy.
istic. Our'evil has not spread so far that
.he danger is .here, .and good citizens must
'hoolisP
)orothy Dix
rou have 'the :necessity 'of earning your liv
bravely and earnestly as you may, and God
you have a good home, and a father willing
>ort yeu, for .goodness' sake stay in it, and
Every woman 'who has .a -career"~ pays for
d health and strength and tears and loneli
worth the :price. Don't worry about know
think that your fine education will be wast
1e to -need all .that .you know, and a little
s who -are slaving over cooking stoves and
Sallie may not only be educated in some
the college colors and the-college ring and
s do.
Everything is to -be all -right when Sallie
knowledge and be a -comfort :and stay and
Sallie i. disappointment! Her poor, foolish
hits her. She -corrects the family manners,
ion, and sets the house by the ears. She
take any .trouble to please her parents. Her
>f dollars on her musical education, but she
the twilight. .She may have- had the best I
't read himx 'a column in the daily papers.
his daughter as she came from school, and 1
is investment. My dear girl, just as a mat
de, spend -a little of your .time .and .attention
-Ainslee's.
xm for Citis
Piulford Robinson.
red in the last three or four years .a new
interesting municipal movement. Its re
very promising, will be watched with the
There never has been anything exactly like
recent rapid spread suggests that its de
tined to go far.
made to the matter-one may almost -say
securing expert plans for the physical im
es. This improvement is not designed to
1t phase is receiving more and more con- I
s of circulation, aclaptability, recreation.
ter convenience of the city, the increasel I
s, a greater economy in the transaction of
s for the pleasure of its citizens.
development. Different places throw the
ses. In New York today's demand is the
Chicago it is the acquirement of an outer
the increase of the urban stateliness and
f the plans is entrusted to a committee of
the community at heart. Elsewhere it is
iess men in the board of trade or iThe
is paid for by the municipality.
IForbidden Guest.
The following verse from a recent poem
es- deliente- little hint:
C'omre from that darkened corner! Tou-ro'
this the imp who in my ear
For thirty years has whispered. with
e'erish lips of foar.
e '' Tht the thing to get was money, the
' suff' that men most prize:
Don' think I-m l'nger'i blinde'd by- the
ere- glamor of your ties.
For you're- a mighty liar, and the thingc
tokeep is health.
rite And it has a value greater than all your
boasted wealth:
t- Ad aother oine is honor, and some more
'on aetruth and right:
I can hardy bear yorrpresence am~on~sg s
iOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.
The South Carolina section of the
limate and crop service of the De
)artment of Xriculture issues the
:ollowing oilicial bulletin of weather
aid crop-coiditions for the past
veek:
The week ending Monday, Septem
>er l1th, was frol t.o to three de
rees cooler than normal. with week
v exmimes of a maximum of 94 de
tees at Blatckville on the 7th and a
niuhnianu of 54 degrees at Greenville
n the 5ti.
The wead.her was generally clear
ma the air dry with somevhat more
bain the usual amount of bright sun
4Iine.
There were showers. some quite co
aous. in the eastern and southern
:ounties, but over the greater portion
)f the State thiere was no ram, or
nappreciable amounts.
The general absence of rain was
avorable for general farm work. but
xas unfavorable on growing crops
vhich deterioated slightlv over all
)ut the coast counties where there
Ivas improvement. Late corn needs
nore moisture in the central coun
There was no marked change in
:he condition of cotton. In some l
lities there was a slight improve
:ent and the plants continue to fruit,
h1le in others there was a steady
leterioration due to iust and the pre
unture opening of small bolls. The
ruliing season is now over as what
ritage is taken on after this time
s very uiKcelv to mature. On san
lV soils 4he plants are shmdding
eaves and have stopped growing.
hile on elay soils, and over the west
rnm counties generally, the plants
.out inue green except where attacked
>v rust. The mature bolls are open
.g rapidly and in many places half
>r 1mre, of the crop has been picked
,ea Island cotton has improved and
is pirking progresses the yields are
yetIer than anticipated, while the
in is excellen; quality. Some open
stton vas injured by heavy rain in
i fw central counties, but generally
he 1int has been saa -A in line con
ition.
And but very late corn has been
tripped of' fodder. Haying made
(ood progress. Truck is coming up
sell in the southern distriets and
morlv in the northern ones. The
eral condition of minoi crops is
ess vroinising though still fairly
oodI.J. W. Bauer, Section Director.
Killed Fo:r Cause.
, The death of 1:. JoeBenColeman
asI aused on acco.int of the discov
rv by me of intimate relations.ex
sting between Mr. Coleman and Mrs.
Bless:" Such is the statement of
state Senator E. S. Blease concerning
;ie delorable matter that has shock
d saluda County and the entire
Stt:c. The two men had married sis
:ers. the wife of Coleman having been
lead for about two years. Blease
md~ Coleman having been the closest
> friends until the report of the
riminal in timacy between Coleman
mdt Blease's wife reached Blease's
aes Then followed a few sharp
tvords at their first meeting with the
sequal that Coleman was shot to
ileath. The matter has eaused general
egret.
Greenville Graft.
Greenville, Special.-Six former
n~eers of the county board of con
rol who have overdrawn their sala
ies -in amounts varying from $30 to
;t22, four having paid the money
>ak to the county treasurer and two
-euinc topay; one beer dispenser
unearly $1.000 on August 1, which
ie has since paid: another beer dis
nenser the grand jury thinks is due
hout $50 and the case is referred
o the solicitor; former register of
nesne conveyance short about $470
shich lhe -has since paid.; one magis
rate due county $42. which he has
;ine paid; recommendlation that spe
ial committee inve.tigate books o:.
:ormer regristers of mesne conveyance:;
nl two or three magistrates making
nonthly reports and returns to audi
or and1 -trasurer as required by law.
[he above are some of the items tha:
o to make up one of the most sen
ational grand jury reports that has
>een handed in for a long while.
In the Charter Mil.
Fotr commissions were issued by
he secretary of state Saturday as
~ollows:
Winah Tract ion and Power con
>any.. widh promises to give a street
aiway t@ Georgetown. six miles long.
Ehe izrutai -eapital is $50,000 and the
itimate -eapital $100,000. The cor
oratos are:: J. B. Steele, W. W. Tay
or. E. W.. KFamin ski. W. H. Andreyvs,
. MonZOL. n.'2 of Georgetown.
Peoples' Bank of Chester, capital
zed at $33.000. Corporators: G. 13.
hite, D. ... Macauley, John Fraser,
i. H. *WahteL, W. A. Corhill, C. C.
-dwards.
A charter was issred to the Farra
-rs' Union Warehouse company of
lok Hill, capitiized at $3,000. The
dicers are: R. K Strugis. F. H. Bar
>r, vice-president, and W. W. Mil
er treasurer. The other officers are:
r. B. Tohnson. JTohn Steele. W. B. WVil
on. N. B. Williams, John T. Roddcy
mld D). P. L Leslie.
Daniels llsland Mercantile compamy
f Daniels Island and Charleston.
apitalized at $1.000. (Corporators:
'. M. Mordecai and William Austin.
Th le Thompson ompany ,of York
-ile, .apitalizedl at $50,000. Corpo
ators: .Jas. F. Thompson and .John F.
-ve of Gastoiiia, HI. P'. Stowe of
(orkville.
Senator Tillman Speake.
Senator Tilln:.ain spoke last vweek at
~irzah, in York C'ounty. at Lancaster
d at Lexington~ on the dispensary
u neston. He rAdvo(ates a contlu
ne of the syst.em with such changes.
a the law as will remove the terap
ation to frand and graft, and in.
Nearly Six Hundred Kilk
In Deepe
TIE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD
Li Lasebo Harbor Sunday N\ight, the
Japanese Navy Department, An
nounces, the Battleship Mikasa Was
Destroyed by Fire Starting at the
Base of the Mainmast and Subse
quent Exp-tosion of the Magazine.
Tokio, By Cable.-Thc Navy Depart
ment announces that the battleship I
Mikaga has leen destroyed by fire and
the explosion of her magazine, causing!
the loss of 599 lives, incluling men of
other ships who went to the rescue.
The fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight Sunday night, Sep
tember 10. Before th, officers could be
rescued the fire reached the aft miaga
zine, which exploded, blowing a hole in
the port side of the vessel below the
water line and causing the ship to
sink.
An investigation is now being held
to determine the cause of the fire.
TOGO NOT ON BOARD.
Admiral Togo was not on board the
Mikasa when the disaster to the battle
ship occurred.
The disaster to the battleship has
cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa
was Togo's flagship and was endeared
to the hearts of the people.
The ship was at anchor in Sasebo
harbor when the fire started at the
base of the mainmast at midnight. It
spraed with great rapidity, exploding
the after magazine an hour after the
fire had been discovered. The Mikasa
sank in shallow water, and it is bo-'
lieved that the ship can be repaired.
Rescuing parties were sent from the
various warships in the harbor and
there was heavy casualties among
them.
CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWN.
Various conjectures are current as
to the cause of the fire. Some attrib- I
ate it to an overcharge cf electricity.
Great relief was felt throughout Ja
pan when it was learned that Admiral
Togo was not on board the ship at the
time of the fire.
The Mikasa was a first-class battle!
ship of 15,200 tons displacement- She
was built in England and was launched
in 1902. The battleship was 400 feet
long, had a speed of over 18 knots and
carried a errew of 935 officers and men.
She was heavily armored and carried
four 12-inch guns, 14 six-inch guns,
twenty 12-pounders and a number of
mall rapid-fire guns. She had four
submerged torpedo tubes
In the battle of the Sea of Japan the
Mikasa 'was the heaviest loser of all
the Japanese ships, having 63 killed
and wounded. She approached nearer
to the the Russians than any other bat
tiesip.
The Mikasa was also the flagship of
Admiral Togo after the great naval
battle fought off Port Arthur on Au
gust 10, 1904. on 'which occasion the
Japanese flagship also suffered the
most, but continued in the fighting
line. On that occasion the Mikasa had
four officers and 29 men killed, six of
ficers and 29 men severely wounded
and four officers and 29 men slightly
wounded.
Appointed District Attorney.
Washington, Special-L. L. Lewis,
United States district attorney for the
eastern district of Virginia, has ten
dered his resignation to the Depart
ment of Justice and it has been ac
epted. Robert H. Talley, of Norfolk,
has been appointed to the vacancy.
M~r. Lewis is the present candidate on
the Republican ticket for Governor of
Virginia.
150 Union Printers Strike.
Indianapolis, Special. - Committees
'r union printers and for employers of C'
ndianaolis having failed to agree on
an eight-hour day to commence on
January 1, the local typographical ti
union has ordered 150 members in In-I
dianapolis to strike at once. Presidentc
James M. Lynch, of the International
Typographical Union, said: "I have in
structed unions in various cities to de
mand contracts immediately for an
eight-hour day, to commence on Janux
ary 1. Wherever the demand for the
eight-hour day is refused the union
printers have been instructed to strike
at once."C
Witte e.nd Rosen Sail.
New York. Special.-The Russian ,
commissioners who successfully con
cluded a treaty of peace with the en
voys of Japan at Portsmouth. N. H...
started on the return to st. Petersburg -
[uesday. sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm
I Before leaving the city, Mr. Witte
and Baron Rosen made a farewell calH
upon the Japanese diplomats. Baron
Komura was unable to see the Rus
iians because of his illness, but through
Minister Takahira he sent them a cor- I
di message of farewell.
Catholic Church Not French.
Rome, By Cable. -At the present*
time the catholic Church in Japan is'
suering from the imputation that it
is a Fench institution, and France
being the ally of Russia. the Church C
cones in for a share of popular dis- a
favor. To counteract this, it was sug-q
gested that the Pope should come for
ward as a sovereign and appoint a
representative at Tokio, at the same
time requesting the Japanese to ap-a
point a minister to the Vatican. The
uggesto mae well received by Hie I
!d and All Japan Now
;t Gloom
BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE.
Says That He Is Not Now a Candi
date For Any Office.
Chicago. Special.-"I want to make
my position perfectly clear; I want to
say to you that not only am I not an
nouncing a candidacy. but I am not
permitting a candidacy."
In these words William Jennings
Bryan adminstered a check to the en
[husiasm which, at the Jefferson Club
banquet given in Mr. Bryan's honor,
grCeted the speeches advocating his
omination for the third time for
President.
"I am not now," said Mr. Bryan, "a
:andidate for any office. I have never
said that I would never again be a
,andiate for office, but I want to say
now that talk of candidacy for office
oes not affect me as it once did. I
believe that my place in history will
b5 determined, not by what the people
are able to do for me, but by what I
am able to do for the people. (Ap
plause and cheers.) I think it is now
too soon to choose a candiate for
President to make the race three
years from now; it is too early to
pledge ourselves to any one man. I
rust that before the time comes to
name a man for the next presidential
race light may be thrown upon our
party's pathway and that a man may
be chosen who will be able to do for
the party more than I have yet Leen
able to do."
Further Insurance Investigation
New York, Special.-Selling $800,000
in bonds one day and buying them
back the next but one, a holiday inter
vening, in order to keep within state
ments in the New York Life Insurance
Company's report to the Superintend
ent of Insurance. was the sensational
disclosure made at the session of the
executive insurance nvestigating com
mittPe. The fact was drr.wn from Ed
mund D. Randolph. treasurer of the
New York Life Insurance Company.
late in the day after Attorney Charles
E. Hughes. of counsel to the committee
had labored for over an hour to get a
direct answer from Mr. Randolph to a
direct question.
The inquiry had dragged through a
mass of figures almost the entire day,
but it was not until near the hour for
ending the session that the sensational
feature was brought out.
Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had
handed Mr. Hughes a schedule of syn
dicate underwritings and transactions
of the New York life for the last ten
years. This statement was to show,
and a "ootnote to the schedule so sta
ted, that the company had participated
in no syndicate transactions that had
teen closed out at a loss. Among
these transoctions was the underwrit
ings of the navigation syndi-cate, er In
ternational Mercantile Marine.
30 Killed; 70 Wounded.
Tiflis, Caucasia, By Cable.-.A hun
dred social democrats were killed or
wounded in a conflict with Cossacks a~t
the town hail and many were trampled
to death in a subsequent panic. Two
thousand social democrats had forced
an entrance into the town hall, which
was closed owing to the celebration of
a religious holiday, the beheading of
John the Baptist. Revolutionary
speeches were made and the chief of
police ordered the meeting to disperse.
Part of those present obeyed, but the
remainder refused and some revolvers
were fired. A large force of Cossacks
dirawnl up outside the building then fir
ed a volley into the crowd time and
time again, killing 30 and wounding
upward of '70. In the ensuing -panic
many persons fell and were trampled
o death by their comrades and the
pursuing Cossacks.
Two Good Swinmers Drown..
Tampa, Fla., Special-A Tribune
pecial from Fort Myers, Fla., says P.
. McNally and M. Douglass, white resi
lents of Fort Denaud, were drowned
while crossing the Caloosatchi river.
Fheir boat capsized in midstream and
Ilthough both men were good swim
ners they could not reach the shore.
Cheir bodies have been reen~vered.
2,500,000 Dividend Declared.
New York, Special.-The direcu.rs
>f the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and Tro)n
lmpany declared a scrip dividend of
2,500,000 common stock, payable to
he common stockholders of the comn
any October 2 next. The regular
uarterly of 1% per cent. on its pre
erred stock and the usual semi-annual
ividend of 2%, per cent. on its com
on stock also were declared. J. N.
Vallace, president of the Central
'rust Company. was elected a mem
cr of the executive committee, to
1 the vacancy caused by the death
f William E. Strong.
Don't Want Negro. Redmen.
Nashville, Special.-A~t Tuesday's
sslon of Great Council of Improved
)rder of Red Men of West Virginia. a
legation offered a resolution protest
ag against the organization of negro
ribes of Red Men and and requesting
hat the rituai of the order be copy
The Californma delegation introduced
resolution commending President
losevelt for the part he took in bring.
g about peace between Japan and
Mexican Cotton Crop Larger.
Mexico City. Special.-Last year's
otton crop was 75.000 bales. The low
st estimate for the present year is
0.000, and possibly 100.000 bales. The
otton produced in the republic is
bout one-third of the quantity re
uired for native mills. The annual in
rease in acreage is smaller. Reports
f the experiments with the cotton tree
re not very satisfactory and it is not
kely that cotton from this source will
>r a long time be had in quantities to
ifcrt the market
SMADE LARGE. GIFT3
The New York Life Insurance Coin
pany's Political Contributions
WAS AFRAID Of ThE DEMOCRATS
George W. Perkins, bsurance Com
pany's First Vice-President and
Member of the Firm of J. P. M3
gan & Co., Divulges the Meaning of
a Check Made to Morgan & Co. Last
Year.,
New York, Special.-George W Per.-.
kins, member of the firm of J. P. Mor
gan & Co., and first vice presideht of
the New York Life Insurance Compa
ny, was the star witness at Friday's
session of the special legislative com
mittee probing life insurance company
methods, and his testimony was re-A
plete with revelations in finance as ap
plied by insurance companies.
Mr. Perkins was first called just pre
vious to the hour for luncheon. He$
resumed immediately after the recess
and was on the stand when adjourn
ment was taken for the day.
The climax of the day came when
Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an
entry of $48,702 in a ledger, marked
"Ordered paid by the President." Mr.
Randolph, the treasurer of the New
York Life Company, who had been on
the stand earlier in the day, had been
sharply questioned as to the purport
of this entry, but he was unable to
explain it. He thought no one but th4
president could. Mr. Perkins had been
called to testify as to some other trans
actions and after a recess he was ask
ed to produce the check. It was made
out payable to J. P. Morgan & Co., and
Mr. Perkins frankly stated it was a
contribution to the national Republi
can campaign committee and had been
paid to Cornelius N. Bliss.. Mr. Per
kins said.
"This payment was made after very
careful deliberation. It .must not be
considered an ordinary contribution
to the campaign fund. It was paid
because we felt thatothe assets of the
New York Life Insurance Company
would be jeopardized by a Democratic \
success."
Mr. Perkins said contributions were
also made in 1900 and 1896. As an '
illustration, witness said the first con
tribution made was in 1896, by Presi
dent McCall, who is a Democrat. )
"He contributed money to the Mc
Kinley campaign fund and voted for
McKinley because he felt it was in.
the best interests of the policy-holders
of his company.'' This bomb caused
a murmur of conversation about the
room, which had become packed with
spectators. Standing room was at a.
premium; and everyone bent forward
to catch the testimony. This was
hardly necessary, for Mr. Perkins.
spoke distinctly, In a voice audible
throughout the school room. He paced
the .small platform upon which the
witness chair is placed, just before '
the committee's rostrum, and accom
panied his explanations with earnest.
gestures, often times suggesting ques
tions to the counsel.
Pursuing the check inquiry' further,
Mr. Hughes brought out that this ex
penditure was never brought to the
attention of the finance -committee, the
witness terming it a "purely executive
action." It was charged against cash
on the books of the Hanover aBnk of
fice or financial department. The
witness did not know on what ac
count the other contributions were
made, but he would furnish data.
Mr. Perkins here interposed: -"I
would like to make one statement
The fact that the check is drawn to
. P. Morgan & Co. has no significance.
I paid out the money and it was mere
ly because of a convenience of re-pay
ment that the check was made payable
to J. P. Morgan & Co."
"What other contributions to politi- $
cal campaign funds have been made
by the New York Life?'
"Is there no self-restraint allowed
the officers in these campaign contri
butions?"
"None; to my knowledge."
Accident to North Carolina Party.
Wichendon, Mass., Special.--An au'
tomobile containing members of the
party accompanying Governor Glenn,
of North Carolina, plunged over a
bridge on the road to Royalton here
and landed at the bottom of a ditch,
pinioning the occupants underneath.
The injured are:
J. C. McNeill, of The Charlotte Ob
server, badly cut about the head.
Guy Townsend, of Wichendon, se
riously hurt.
Selectman Henry N. Raymond, of'
Wichendon, haed cut and bruised.
Owen Hoban, lawyer, of Wichendonb,
knee injured and back sprained.
Purchasers Announced.
Norfolk, Va., Special-An announce
ment was made of the purchase of the
Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad,
running from Bayboro to Newbern, N:
C. by the interests in control of the
Virginia & Carolina Railway, which Is:
to run a line from Norfolk to Beaufort,
N. C., through the lumber section of'
North Carolina. This line will be used
as a. branch of the main line to New- -
bern for additional terminals at that
The Potter Trial.
Sanderville, Ga., Special.-The State
closed its evidence in the trial of Mr.
S. Potter and the defense will put him
on the stand to testify. No other wit
nesses will be called. The books of a.
Savannah bank were used in evidence..
The charge against Potter is the embez
zlement of some $20,000 of the funds of'
the Davidson Bank, of which the young~
man was cashier.
Gov. Glenn Elntertained.
Boston, Special.-Gov. R. B. Glenn,.
of orth Carolina, was entertained at
dinner at the Algoquin Club. Thle din
ner was given under the auspices of the
American Invalid Aid Society, S. S.
Pierce and General Charles H. Taylor.
Freight Depot -Burns.
Bristol. Special.-TIhe freight depot
here, owned jointly by the Norfolk &.
Western and the Southern Railways,.
was destroyed by fire. The loss wil?
probably reach $50,000.
THE YELLOW FEVER STATUS
A Good Many New Cases Developing
at Diferent Points.
New Orleans, Special.-Official report
to 6 p. m.:
New cases, 49; total to date, 2,462.
Deaths, 6: total to date, 329.
New foci. 15.
Cases under treatment, 316. Dis
charged, 1,817.
There was nothing new in the local
situation beyond the increase in num
ber of new cases and deaths. There
were really seven yellow fever deaths,
but one of them does not appear on the
record. It is the case of an Italian, who,
in the delirium of his fever, secured a
revolver and blew his brains out.
In the country, the situation in Tal
lulkh A. improving under the manage
ment of Drs. Chassaignac and Von Ez
dorf. The people there have asked the
State board of health that Dr. Chas
signac be assigned to remain there and
conduct the campaign to the end. Tbis
has been referred to Dr. Chassignac,
who will determine later what his
course will be. Among other country
reports were:
Patterson, 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner
8 cases, 2 deaths; Clarke Chenier, one
death; Bowick, one death.
Four More Cases at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Special- Two
deaths and four new cases is the re
port officially announced at the board
of health headquarters, all of the new
cases being in the infected area. The
first man to die was H. D. Brooks, a
draughtsman, who came here several
weeks since to take a position in an
abstract office. He had been sick five
days, but during the first period of
sickness refused to take medicines
prescribed. On account of objections
made by Governor Jels, of Alabama,
the Marine Hospital Service camp,
which was to have been established
near the Alabama line, has been aban
doned. It will be located at another
point.
Mississippi Fever Summary.
Jackson, Miss., Special.-The Missis
sippi yellow fever summary for the
past 24 hours is as follows:
Soria City, a suburb of Gulfport, one
case discovered by Surgeon Waslin.
Mississippi City, one new case.
Vicksburg, two new cases.
No new cases developed at Gulf
Port, nor did Natchez, Pearlington nor
Hamburg report any new cases during
the day or any deaths at any time of
the infected points, Surgeon Laven
der reports that the sickness at
Kemp's Landing, Va., is not yellow
fever.
No New Cases at Natches.
Natchez, Miss., Special.-Not even a
suspicious case of yellow fever was
reported. Six patients are under treat
ment. Drs. Lavinder, Aikman and
Sessions, who went to Kemps, La.. to
day to diagnose five cases at that
place, reported that they are not even
suspicious.
Vicksburg, Miss., Special.-Two new
cases of yellow fever in Vicksburg.
Total cases to date, 28; deaths 3.
Seven patients are under treatment
now.
Patent Medicine Decision.
Washington, Special.-The Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue has render
ed a decision that will seriously affect a
number of patent medicines composed
largely of distilled liquors. He has re
versed a ruling of his Department made
many years ago and now decides that
the manufacturers of these medicines
must take out licenses as rectifiers and
liquor dealers and the druggists and
others handling them will have to pay
the usual retail liquor dealers' licenses.
The commissioner, in a letter of in
struction to collectors of internal reve
noe, says that there are a number of
compounds on the market going under
posed chiefly of distilled spirits, with
the names of medicines that are com
out the addition of drugs or medicines
in sufficient quantities to change mate
rially the character of the whiskey.
Farmers in National Council.
Richmond, Va., Special.-The Far
mers' National Congress met in its 25th
annual session here with a large au
dience in attendance, representing al
most every section of the United States.
The body was called to order by its
president, Harvie Jordan, of Monticel
lo, Ga., and was welcomed to Virginia
and Richmond by Governor Montague,
Mayor McCarthy and J. C. Freeman.
vice president of the Richmond Cham
ber of Commerce. Responses to the
welcoming addresses were made on be
half of the congress by First Vice
President Bennehan Cameron. of
North Carolinas and Second Vice Presi
dent Jqshua Strange, of Marion, Ind.
Chinese Bride in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Special.-H. J. Goon has
returned from New York bringing
a 17-year-old bride who had just ar
rived from China Sunday. She is
the only Chinese woman here and
Goon, who is a laundryman in Cum
berlaid street, keeps her hidden, ac
cording to the Chinese custom. She
is pretty and Goon is proud.
Report of Final Engagements.
St. Petersburg. By Cable-Telegraph
ing to Emperor Nicholas under date of
September 5, General Linevitch report
ed that the Japanese, September 4,
started to advance along the mandarin
r'oad and commenced constructing en
trenchents, but retired after meeting
the Russian artillery fire. The general
also, reported an offensive movement
by several battalions of Japanese ac
companied by cavalry and artillery in
north Korea September 3. but the re
sult was not announced in time to be
sent off in the dispatch to the Em
peror.
Killed by Lightning
Indianola, Iowa, Special.-Four men
were killed, six were seriously burned
and a dozen more were stunned by
lightning which wrecked a crowded
poultry exhibition tent at the county
fair here, The lightning struck the
tent pole, splitting it in two, and tear
ing the sides of the tent into shreds.
Hundreds of the chickens on exhibition